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One of the most powerful fund managers in the City has taken a veiled swipe at his peers, accusing them of failing to support his campaign for companies to reform their short-termist remuneration systems.

Dominic Rossi, the chief investment officer of Fidelity Worldwide Investment, said there had been “no groundswell of support” from other investment firms for his campaign, launched last year, to update boardroom pay and foster longer-term thinking.

He published a list of the 27 FTSE 100 companies that had responded to Fidelity’s pressure and reformed executive long-term incentive plans (LTIPs), so that by next year their executives